Method of making garments.



G. M. GRAY. 4 METHOD OF MAKING GABMENTS. APPLIQATIO N FILED JUNE 22, 1909.

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GEORGE M. GRAY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD or MAKING GAnMENTs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 22, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910. Serial No. 503,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. GRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates .to an improved method of making a garment formed of two thicknesses of fabric lying face to face with their edges butted one against the other and joined together by stitches, said stitches preferably being formed by two threads eX- tending through the thicknesses of .fabric close to the edges thereof, said stitches being interlocked with each other.

The invention consists in the method whereby said thicknesses are joined together in the manner aforesaid.

It is customary in machine made garments such as overcoats and the like to fold the edge of the outer fabric inwardly upon itself and to fold the edge of the facing outwardly upon itself and then sew the four thicknesses together, thus forming an edge for the garment with four thicknesses. In heavy garments this construction presents a bulky unfinished appearance and to overcome this result and reduce the thickness of the edges of said garment, the same after being sewed is subjected to a very heavy pressure by a machine especially adapted for the purpose. This method of obtaining a thin edge on a heavy garment is, however, unsatisfactory for the reason that the cloth is more or less damaged by such heavy pressure and also has to be steamed after the pressure has been removed, and moreover after a certain time, and especially when wet or exposed to dampness, the cloth edge which has been compressed swells and returns to substantially its original thickness.

The object of this invention is to overcome the difficulty hereinbefore set forth and to provide a method of making a garment such as an overcoat which while the edges thereof are constructed of two thicknesses of heavy fabric, namely, the outer fabric and the inner facing, still said garment shall present an edge having two thicknesses of fabric, one of which is doubled upon itself to form a closed edge, whereby an edge is formed which will not ravel which is comparatively thin and yet in which the outer fabric and inner facing are joined together in a very strong and neat manner whereby the garment is rendered neat in appearance and durable and a certain amount of material is also saved as compared with garments in which the edge is formed by folding the edges of the outer fabric and the facing upon themselves and then sewing said double fabrics together, whereby four thicknesses of the fab ric are present at the edge of the garment as hereinbefore set forth.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of tw'o thicknesses of fabric very much enlarged for the purpose of illustration, said thicknesses of fabric being joined together by stitches. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the two thicknesses of fab ric joined together by stitches as in Fig. 1, with the faces of the two thicknesses of the fabric separated and that portion of the fabric adjacent to the edges pressed, to butt the edges of the thicknesses of fabric together. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the two thicknesses of fabric, one of said thicknesses being folded near its edge and the two thicknesses of fabric brought together face to face. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the two thicknesses of fabric, the thicknesses being folded as in Fig. 3, and said thicknesses stitched together near the folded edge thereof.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 and 6 are two pieces of fabric representing, respectively, the outer piece of fabric of a garment such as an over coat and the inner piece of fabric or facing. In joining these two pieces of fabric together according to my improved method, the edges 7 and 8 of the pieces of fabric 5 and 6, respectively, are brought into substantial alinement and the tw'o thicknesses of fabric are placed face to face with each other and are then sewed together in any desired manner, but preferably by means of an over-stitching machine in which two threads are used, namely, the needle thread 9 and the looper thread 10. The needle thread is passed through the two Jieces of fabric 5 and 6 close to the edges 7 and 8, said needle thread and looper thread bein interlocked and extending across the edges I and 8. After the pieces of fabric have thus been sewed together, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the faces of said pieces of fabric are separated from each other and that portion which has been stitched adjacent to the edges 7 and 8 is pressed'until the edges .7 and '8 butt one against the other, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The outer portion of fabric is then doubled as along the-line aa,"Fi 2,to

form a closedred ev 11 Fig. 3, the aces of.

the two piecesofiabric being brought to- I gether'and the edges thereof remaining butted one against the other. 7 Finally, if desired, a' rowofstitche'slQ, Fig. 4, may be put in {adj acent to the edgeo'f the fabric and thus firmly unite the two thicknesses of fabric adjacent to said edge.

The row of stitches 12 may be placed in anydesired posi-tion and may, ifdesired, be placed in 'alinement with the butted edges of the two pieces offabric'fi and 6, thus hiding the stitches V which'join the edges 'of'the pieces'of fabric and 6 together and also hiding said edges so that in the finished garment the edges of the-piece of fabric where they are joined together are'hidden' and the garment presents a very neat appearance and is strong and gwhich-the edge of each of the pieces of fabdurable; It will be seenjthat' .a certain amount :of cloth is saved by using my im-' 7 provedmethod of joining the two pieces of fabric together as compared with that in ric is turned in upon itself and the two 7 pieces of fabric thus stitched together forming four thicknesses at the edge of the garment as hereinbefore set forth.

- Having thus described my invention, what lclaim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: V V I The method of joining two thicknesses of fabric together fora garment which consists in first placing said thicknesses face to face with their edges'in alinemnt with each other, then joining said thicknessesv together by stitches extending through" saidv thick- 7 nesses of fabriciclose to their edges and across said edges; then'separating the faces of said pieces of fabric from each other and pressingthe samel'adjacent to said edges until said edges abut one against the other;

and finally doubling one of said thicknesses of fabric upon itself to form an edge with the thicknesses of fabricly'ing face to face with their edges butted one against the other and j oined together by said stitches.

a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand in presence of two subscribing'wit- 

